250 A HISTORY OP THE PERCHEEON HORSE 



the Percheron Society of America in 1886.* His 

 horses were well toward the top in all shows, his 

 advertising was pushed in every legitimate manner, 

 and his farm and personality appealed to men of 

 wealth who were interested in farming. From the 

 very nature of his operations it is hard to distin- 

 guish between his work as an importer and as a 

 breeder. Sales frequently carried animals of his 

 own breeding as well as imported horses. 



Vidocq 483 was champion at the Chicago show 

 in 1881 ;• Brilliant 1271 was first as aged stalUon and 

 champion at the New Orleans Exposition in 1885, 

 where he was champion over all breeds ; Producteur 

 4280 (68) (aged heavy-weight class), Gilbert 5154 

 (461) (four-year-old heavy-weight class), Tuduc 

 5156 (474) (three-year-old light-weight class), and 

 Conde 5163 (two-year-old), were all first-prize win- 

 ners in the great Percheron Society show in 1886 

 at Chicago; Ercilla 2211 (1429) (five-year-old heavy 

 class), Bellora 2237 (1415) (four-year-old heavy 

 class), Giara 2755 (1531) (four-year-old light class), 

 Eose 4344 (4899) (three-year-old heavy class), and 

 Belle 4352 (4852) (two-year-old) were all first-prize 



*At the Percheron Society show at Chicago in 1S83 the five-, 

 four- and three-year-old stallion classes were dWlded into lieavy- 

 and lisht-weight groups as follows: five-year-olds, 1,800 p.ounds 

 or over, and under 1,800 pounds; four-year-olds, 1,750 pounds or 

 over, and under 1,7:;0 pounds; three-year-olds 1,700 pounds or 

 over, and under 1,700 pounds. Mares of same ages were also 

 divided as follows: five-year-olds, 1,7D0 pounds or over, and 

 under 1,750 pounds; four-year-olds, 1,700 pounds or over, and 

 under 1,700 pounds; three-year-olds, 1,600 pounds or over, and 

 under 1,000 pounds. The result was to double the number of 

 prizes given, and to classify the animals more exactly into the 

 large- and medium-sized types. For convenience we refer to 

 these merely as the heavy- and light-weight classes. 



